ILLUSIONS AND DREAMS

Illusions and Dreams

Look in my eyes I’ll make you see
We’re drifting aimlessly
Blind in a world of make believe

Hear them sing their songs off key n’ nod like they agree
Buying the needs to be discreet

I’ve got no hand in matters worldly
I hardly care at all
What’s going on fails to concern me
‘Cause I’m locked behind my wall
But you know what drives me out
Out of my mind oh

It’s whatever makes you see
Makes you believe
And forget about the premonition you need to conceive
The images they sell are Illusion and Dream
In other words dishonesty

- POETS OF THE FALL

“Illusions and Dreams”, a beautiful song by Poets of the Fall, is a great composition. The composition is great not only because it is melodious and the music is beautiful, but the lyrics, every word of it express everything the song wanted.

There was a time when I used to listen to songs with all my heart, but I used to listen to the music, the voice behind the song, instruments, when someday a friend of mine really made me listen to one song. Now the question is what I mean by “really listen”. The friend of mine once listening to one of her favourite singer’s song and suddenly she started saying …. “have you heard the words, those are soooo true”. Then I listened to the song for a while, trying to explore how true those are? And those words did explain what the song meant. From that moment onwards I started to feel, a song cannot be complete without the lyrics. Words are like soul of a song. Without the words the song cannot be expressed in a way it should be. But again, there are instrumentals, sometimes music do speak without the words .

Now as I have finished giving the definitions, reasons and causes of listening to lyrics, I can come back to my main story I think . I have been listening to the song, ever since I first got to hear the song. The music, the melody, the instrument works, the lyrics, the words, the vocal, each and everything of the song is outstanding. And really the words are so true. We do live in a world full of dream, glamour and luxury. The world does look captivating, we often sway along with the flow. The glamorous world outside has some dirty faces inside, we hardly think about that. The dirty faces do make us cry, depressed and tear us apart at times. Its all some illusions we are in and some dreams we see every now and then. And as the illusion is over, the dream is shattered. The illusion and dream is over, and we live in the world of cruelty, dishonesty and treachery. This is all about the song. Bravo to the composer , the singers and the whole team behind the song, bravo for realizing the cruel fact and bringing up to the music fans. The world is truly one “Illusion and Dream”.

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